Named Entity Recognition of Historical Texts via Large Language Model

arXiv:2508.18090v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated remarkable versatility across a wide range of natural language processing tasks and domains. One such task is Named Entity Recognition (NER), which involves identifying and classifying proper names in text, such as people, organizations, locations, dates, and other specific entities. NER plays a crucial role in extracting information from unstructured textual data, enabling downstream applica